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Advice on WooCommerce and vape sales

Thursday, October 26th, 2017 at
12:06 pm

Sell more using your existing WooCommerce vape site

Are you mostly satisfied with your WordPress electronic cigarette website, but want to add to or improve its e-commerce functionality? It can be hard to know which plugin is most reliable, secure, and (most importantly) is able to process your vape hardware or e-juice payments. These days, especially, there is a lot of change confusion in what we call the “high-risk” e-commerce market. Finding an affordable, vape friendly WooCommerce payment gateway merchant account combo can be hard enough, cutting through the clutter and effectively marketing your site requires even more.

WooCommerce is an excellent choice for vape sites

WordPress is a versatile platform and there are many choices, but certainly one of the best and most popular shopping cart options for online e-cig and e-juice stores is WooCommerce, we literally have helped hundreds of electronic cigarette businesses use it, and, by and large, they love it. We have come to know WooCommerce pretty darn well too, and offer one on one, personalized hand-holding to help get e-commerce electronic cigarette merchants using the WordPress platform up and running in no time.

Add WordPress extensions to suit the vape industry and customize your site

The giant world of WordPress and WooCommerce compatible plug-ins enables you to create an e-commerce website that does exactly what you want it to. Additionally, Woo Commerce is mobile friendly out of the box and is infinitely scalable so your website can grow as your business grows.

WooCommerce opens up more possibilities for vape merchants than just run of the mill e-commerce. With programs like the Sensei plug-in, you can create online courses, sell memberships to recurring billing auto-ship clubs (a potentially HUGE revenue source) and so much more. Don’t forget, we can help set up a gateway and recommend a processor that is comfortable with your recurring billing model, contact us anytime to learn more using the form at the bottom of this page.

Because WooCommerce is open source, programmers have created an extensive library of useful tools, some free and some premium. Some of these plugins can help with things like marketing and promotion, for example, e-mail marketing extensions like Constant Contact and AWebber can make the advertising e-mails you send more eye-catching, interesting, and look less like spam, helping you catch more potential buyers. Additionally, there are great plugins for social media interaction and other promotional extensions.

Other useful extensions include shipping help and inventory management. It is important to mention that there are tons of these third-party extensions that offer a wide variety of functionality which could prove invaluable to your e-commerce sales effort, but you need to be aware and check reviews. WooCommerce is an open-source platform it is possible fraudsters and hackers can take advantage of poorly coded plugins.

Another perk from using WooCommerce is that it’s so well-known. When you need ideas, suggestions, or an emergency fix, the fact that everyone is familiar with WooCommerce can be a huge positive for your business.

Signing up for a payment gateway like Authorize.Net or NMI is a straightforward process if done right. In addition to the payment gateway, you will need an electronic cigarette-friendly merchant account as well. If you get a gateway that is connected to the wrong merchant account for your industry it can cause unexpected shut-downs and held funds. Over our many years in the industry, we have learned the ins and outs of all the major players and can recommend a fast set up, no reservemerchant account for nearly any online vape business. We can help you through the entire process from simple help to full on hand-holding. Don’t be afraid to ask us for help! Being in the “high-risk” category can be a bit of a pain for merchants like you, so we make try to simplify it as much as possible.

Don’t be afraid to get in touch with us even if you simply have a quick question, we offer help and advice at no cost or obligation to sign up for services. Through our years of experience, we have found that most of our clients come from relationships we build and referrals from those we have helped begin or improve their e-commerce stores. As a result, we gladly and freely offer our knowledge and expertise to anyone who wants to succeed in any one of today’s highly profitable “high-risk” e-commerce industries.